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to pay attention to this point, and we trust that 
they may meet with success, for%e are the friends 
and well-wishers of improvement in all things. 
W e think the stock at Albany would compare 
favorably with the best we met of this breed in 
England; and well they may, since Mr. Sotham 
had much experience with Herefords there be¬ 
fore coming to this country, and he crossed the 
Atlantic twice from New York, for the express 
purpose of making his own selections; and we 
think he chose with a good eye and much judg¬ 
ment. We found these cattle to excel particular¬ 
ly in the brisket and loin, two very important 
points in all animals destined for the butcher, and 
especially necessary, if we expect to make them 
into beef for the English market; and being of great 
constitution and hardy, they make most excellent 
grazing stock, and are consequently somewhat 
sought for in various parts of the United States 
for this purpose. We also found them much bet¬ 
ter handlers than we expected, and with good 
coats and reasonable fine skins. 
Mr. Sotham was so unfortunate as to lose his 
very fine bull Major, on his voyage out from Eng¬ 
land last year, which was much to be deplored, 
as he was said to be equal to anything ever bred 
there. But in Sir George, we found quite a supe¬ 
rior animal, and we here introduce a cut of him. 
Hereford Bull Sir George, Imported.—(Fig. 1.) 
The Property of Messrs. Corning and Sotham , Albany , N. Y. 
, This bull is improving with age, and when full 
grown will make a large and handsome show. 
In another stable alongside of him was Young 
Prize. His frame is not quite so large as that of 
Sir George, but if we recollect right, he is some¬ 
what finer and more finished in his points. He 
also shows great constitution, and will undoubted¬ 
ly make a superior animal. 
Beyond these came a lot of bull calves, one of 
which struck us as of uncommon promise, and he 
stands in such high favor with his breeder, as 
leads him to believe that he may yet make the 
place of Major good. We trust these bulls will 
not be neglected by those engaged in rearing work¬ 
ing cattle, and that they may be effectually tried 
in crossing on the native stock for this especial, 
purpose. We have seen repeated crosses of this 
kind throughout the United States, from Hereford 
bulls far inferior to this importation, and the im¬ 
provement was quite manifest. We recollect par¬ 
ticularly, a recent instance of this kind, in visiting 
the extensive rice plantation of Mr. Zeranque, oil 
the Mississippi, a little above New Orleans. He 
kept about 70 head of working oxen, and among 
them all, there was nothing equal to a few speci¬ 
mens of the cross of the Hereford, either in size 
